Carl A. Anderson, the supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to a council that supervises the Vatican bank.

A groundbreaking survey of “religious activists” has found that activists on both ends of the political spectrum are deeply religious.

Bishop Luis Santos Villeda said that dialogue is important to avoid the possibility of civil war.

Pope Benedict XVI said that he was deeply saddened to hear of the roadside bombing that killed 10 Afghan civilians and six Italian soldiers.

The Vatican has approved a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults clarifying teaching about God’s covenant with the Jewish people.

“Climate change is another situation where the poor of the world are being made to suffe because of the habits of the first world,” said Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Scotland.